Search Websites

Name of Search Tool: Exalead

5 Search Features: blogs, advanced search, preferences, FAQ’s, about us/contacts

Name of MetaSearch Tool: Metacrawler

5 Search Features: advanced search, preferences, white and yellow pages, variety of search results from different search engines, does not use Boolean operators like (“”)

Name of Subject Directory: A1WebDirectory

5 Search Features: about us, submission guidelines (what is limited on the search), contact, topic of subject, browse by area

~Kendra~

Finding Articles

Popular Magazine:

Search Statement: privacy AND (law* or legal) AND identity

Citation: "Protect Yourself Online. (Cover Story)." Consumer Reports 77.6 (2012): 22-23. Academic Search Premier. Web. 26 May 2012.

Annotation: This seemed like a good article to observe because it covered part of the topic and added another good research term, online. It gives facts and data about current online usage and how identity could be affected by these things such as online payments, facebook, unidentified charges, etc. The article stood out to me because it is relevant, and gives a good report on what is trending now.

Scholarly Journal:

Search Statement: privacy AND (law* or legal) AND identity

Citation: Hughes, Mark. "Privacy, Sexual Identity And Aged Care." Australian Journal Of Social Issues 39.4 (2004): 381-392. Academic Search Premier. Web. 26 May 2012.

Annotation: This article caught my eye because it focused on the sexual part of identity and health care. This could be posed as a research article because it is not too broad of a topic and narrows down to the problems and recent facts of privacy. To be relevant and accurate, scholarly journals need to have correct in text citation and this article is a good representation of it.

Newspaper Article:

Search Statement: privacy AND law* and identity

Citation: Eviatar, Daphne. "Defending privacy and law enforcement." Christian Science Monitor 17 Feb. 2000: 13. Academic Search Premier. Web. 26 May 2012.

Annotation: I chose this article because it really focused on protecting identity and how the government is enforcing and defending it. It may be a little older, but all the information sounds relevant to current information. The way this article defined itself from the others was the in text direct quotes and how the information was organized.

Summary: In this unit, I examined different types of articles, and how little information differs from each other making it a different kind of source. I did learn how just a little tweak in the search statement could alter results; however most of the materials for this unit were brief refreshments.

~Kendra~

Search Statements

Topic Statements Provided:

1. Does television advertising by the pharmaceutical industry have an impact on prescription drug abuse?

Revised: television and advertising and (pharma* or prescription) and drug

2. Does anti-smoking advertising by the tobacco industry lead to increased smoking among youth?

Revised: anti-smoking and advertis* and tobacco and smok* and youth

3. What are the similarities between the Great Depression of the 1930s and the current economic problems?

Revised: similar* and “Great Depression” and current econo* and problems

4. What breeds of dogs make good therapy pets?

Revised: breed* and dogs and therap* and pets

5. Is the current lack of sunspot activity affecting global warming?

Revised: lack* and “sunspot activity” and global and warming

My Topic Statement:

1. How may privacy laws be used for protecting identity?

Revised: privacy and laws and protect* and identity

OR

Privacy and laws and (protect* or identity)

OR

Privacy and laws and protecting and identi*

~Kendra~

Databases and Books

Cannell Library Book Catalog:

Search Term: Pivacy

Citation: Lankford, Ronald D. Are Privacy Rights Being Violated? Detroit: Greenhaven, 2010. Print

Subject Headings: Privacy, Right of -- United States.

Circulating or E-book: Circulating

Location and Call Number: Cannell Second Floor, JC596.2.U5 A74 2010

Credible? Yes, it followed the ASAP

The Summit Catalog:

Search Term: Privacy

Citation: Etzioni, Amitai. The Limits of Privacy. New York: Basic, 1999. Print.

Subject Headings: Privacy, Right of -- United States.

Location and Call Number: Summit, 40150576

Credible? Yes, it followed the ASAP

Differ: Format is different, other than that same information type.

Books 24x7:

I thought this was a pretty interesting database because a lot of information is available. There is a variety of search lists and each subject can be selected differently. I like how this database is very selective that way it narrows down search results.

Google Books:

Search Term: Privacy

Citation: Holtzman, David H. Privacy Lost: How Technology Is Endangering Your Privacy. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2006. Print.

Credible? Yes, it followed the ASAP

Summary:

I learned how each book record worked differently as well as how each was kind of the same. They all related to books and the different search terms. I took away that there were many kinds of references that can be used for searching a term.

~Kendra~

Types Of Information

Practice Questions(Provide answers/sources for each of these):

1) Is a vegetarian diet healthier than a meat-based diet?

For this question I would use EBSCOhost in the Clark Library because it is such a widely studied question and there are a lot of insights on diets. This is a question that is commonly observed in experience. So even a magazine or article would be credible.

2) Target often forces musicians to alter lyrics in order to have

their CDs sold in Target stores. Is this censorship?

I would say an Academic Journal or article because this is a very narrow question and is not studied as much. It seems to fall under the category of censorship so that could be looked up in a database.

3) How much more can a college graduate expect to earn over

someone with a high school diploma?

This should be answered by an Academic source because it is a question that requires lots of data, studying, and subjects. An article or journal post may be reliable because if a book was read from 20 years ago about this subject, it would not be accurate in data.

4) Should educators use commercial services to combat

plagiarism?

This question seems to be a privacy subject so an encyclopedia may be the right source to turn to because of how broad the subject is. An encyclopedia may be more in depth about the reasons and purposes of plagiarism.

5) Is the current lack of sunspot activity affecting global

warming?

Since this is a topic that has be studied for a long time but asks for “current” information I think a book or an Academic Journal could be reliable because you could get information regarding global warming and information regarding the current situations in journals.

My Research Questions:

1) What are the top 3 forms of privacy that are generally known and used?

This seems to be a simple question, one could answer this off the top of the head, however it needs to be reliable and come from a mass of subjects or data. This answer could be sought out in an Academic journal or a website done by a scholar.

2) How may privacy laws be used for protecting identity?

This question could be sought out using a government website or Academic Encyclopedia because it is a highly informative question that needs very scholarly sources.

3) Why is privacy so important for protection?

I would answer this question using an academic journal or scholarly website because it is a highly studied subject and has been continuously rediscovered as new technology comes out. 


~Kendra~